Crossword Challenge Puzzle 385 Clues and Answers
Crossword Challenge Puzzle 385 is an 8×10 board with 30 clues, and every one of them is answered below.
Expect plenty of tiny answers, 9 of them only one or two letters. 5 clues are pictures, and 2 of those ask you to fill the gaps in a word printed on the image; 3 clues want only the initials of the clue words; 3 want just the first letter of a single word. The longest answer runs 9 letters and belongs to “Copy on paper”.
Here is the shortcut for Puzzle 385: read the first letters of the top-row answers and you get the answer to “Serving dish”. Read the first letters down the left edge and you get the answer to “Copy on paper”. One of those two words unlocks the first letter of 15 others.
Hints and answers, clue by clue
Clues look the way they do in the game. Tap Hint for a nudge or Answer to see the letters. The fully solved grid is below the hints.
Top row
These sit along the top edge and every answer runs down.
COPY ON PAPER
1Copy on paper
Top row 1/7 · 9 letters · down
P _ _ T _ _ O _ _. Solving the picture clue in the left column first gives you its sixth letter.
PHOTOCOPY
2Picture clue
Top row 2/7 · 4 letters · down
What is shown in the image? Shape: L _ _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Yoga mantra”.
LIMO
so-
3Picture clue
Top row 3/7 · 2 letters · down
Work out the object in the picture, then drop the part already written on it (“so-”). What is left starts with A.
AP
TAB
4Tab
Top row 4/7 · 1 letter · down
Write the first letter of Tab, nothing more.
T
OVERLY
5Overly
Top row 5/7 · 3 letters · down
Shape: T _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Littlest bit”.
TOO
INVOLVE
6Involve
Top row 6/7 · 6 letters · down
Begins with E. Its fourth letter is shared with “Atlantic city”.
ENTAIL
SHOW EMOTION
7Show emotion
Top row 7/7 · 5 letters · down
Begins with R. Its fourth letter is shared with “Atlantic city”.
REACT
Left column
These sit down the left edge and every answer runs across.
SERVING DISH
8Serving dish
Left column 1/9 · 7 letters · across
Fits P _ _ T _ _ R. Solving “Overly” first gives you its fifth letter.
PLATTER
COOL
9Cool
Left column 2/9 · 3 letters · across
H _ _. Check the third letter against the picture clue in the top row.
HIP
YOGA MANTRA
10Yoga mantra
Left column 3/9 · 2 letters · across
O _. The second square is also part of the picture clue in the top row.
OM
VILLAGE
11Village
Left column 4/9 · 4 letters · across
Fits T _ _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Blemish”.
TOWN
12Picture clue
Left column 5/9 · 1 letter · across
What is shown in the image? Shape: O.
O
13Picture clue
Left column 6/9 · 6 letters · across
Describe the picture in one word that fits C _ _ E _ _. Check the fourth letter against “Certainly”.
CEREAL
NOT INNER
14Not inner
Left column 7/9 · 5 letters · across
O _ _ E _. Check the fourth letter against “Certainly”.
OUTER
PRESS RELEASE
15Press release
Left column 8/9 · 2 letters · across
Abbreviate “Press release” to its initials.
PR
NOT HITHER
16Not hither
Left column 9/9 · 3 letters · across
Shape: Y _ _. Check the third letter against “Nordic”.
YON
Inside the grid
Split squares hold two clues: the top half runs across, the bottom half runs down.
FIRST NUMBER
17First number
Row 3, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Begins with O. The third square is also part of “Show emotion”.
ONE
CERTAINLY
18Certainly
Row 3, col 5 · 6 letters · down
Starts with I; pattern I _ _ E _ _. Check the fourth letter against the picture clue in the left column.
INDEED
LITTLEST BIT
19Littlest bit
Row 4, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Shape: I _ _ _. Check the third letter against “Involve”.
IOTA
BLEMISH
20Blemish
Row 4, col 4 · 4 letters · down
Starts with W; pattern W _ _ _. Check the third letter against the picture clue in the left column.
WART
ATLANTIC CITY
21Atlantic city
Row 5, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Take one letter from each word of the clue, in order.
AC
WED
22Wed
Row 5, col 6 · 5 letters · down
Begins with M. “Create art” crosses it at the fourth square.
MARRY
CONFESS TO
23Confess to
Row 6, col 3 · 5 letters · across
A _ _ I _. The fourth square is also part of “Involve”.
ADMIT
MARK REPLACER
24Mark replacer
Row 6, col 3 · 4 letters · down
Fits E _ _ _. Check the third letter against “Press release”.
EURO
cl-
25Have title to
Row 7, col 8 · 3 letters · down
Work out the object in the picture, then drop the part already written on it (“cl-”). What is left starts with O.
OWN
ORANGE
26Orange
Row 8, col 7 · 1 letter · across
Orange starts with the answer.
O
ASCENT ENTRY
27Ascent entry
Row 8, col 7 · 2 letters · down
Abbreviate “Ascent entry” to its initials.
AE
CREATE ART
28Create art
Row 9, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Starts with D; pattern D _ _ _. Check the third letter against “Ascent entry”.
DRAW
NORDIC
29Nordic
Row 9, col 4 · 1 letter · down
Nordic starts with the answer.
N
JAPANESE CURRENCY
30Japanese currency
Row 10, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Starts with Y; pattern Y _ _. Its third letter is shared with the picture clue in the inside the grid.
YEN
Crossword Challenge Level 385 Solved Grid
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Puzzle 385 solved
Thanks for working through Puzzle 385 with us. Puzzle 386 is next, with 29 clues on a 8×10 board.